CHILE

About:

• Chile is a country in the western part of South America.
  
  
• It occupies a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It shares land borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the north-east, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south.
  
  
• It is the world's southernmost country, the closest to Antarctica, that is geographically on the mainland. The country's capital and largest city is Santiago
  
  

India Chile relations

• The year 2019-20 marked 70th year of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
  
  
• Bilateral relations have strengthened over the years with exchange of high-level visits, which include two visits of the Hon’ble President of Chile in 2005 and 2009.
  
  
• Chile was the first country in South America to sign a trade agreement with India, in 1956
  
  
• The Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between the two sides came into force in 2007. In 2016, both countries signed an agreement to expand the India- Chile PTA.